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Nevada fined $447,000 over continued competency-system delays
Source: The Nevada Independent, by Eric Neugeboren
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Nevada pays fines and a judge seeks dismissal as Clark County competency waits pass 90 days
Source: FOX5 Vegas, by Victoria Saha
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Nevada to pay $753,500 in fines after Washoe County judge finds state in contempt over delayed competency treatment Statewide
Source: The Nevada Independent, by Eric Neugeboren
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Las Vegas neighbors push back against planned $381 million forensic hospital
Source: FOX5 Vegas, by Jaclyn Schultz
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Clark County inmates found incompetent wait more than 100 days in jail for a Stein bed
Source: FOX5 Vegas, by Victoria Saha
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Nevada's plan for new forensic beds collapses, state scrambles for alternatives
Source: Nevada Current, by Camalot Todd
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Nevada approves $27 million for jail-based competency program and bed capacity Statewide
Source: The Nevada Independent, by Eric Neugeboren
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Nevada Supreme Court upholds $500-a-day fines against state over delayed treatment of incompetent defendants Statewide
Source: The Nevada Independent, by Eric Neugeboren
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Nevada's plan to put forensic beds in Las Vegas city jail slips by at least 18 months
Source: Nevada Current, by Camalot Todd
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Nevada approves more than $55 million in federal funds to expand forensic hospital capacity Statewide
Source: KOLO, by Kevin Sheridan
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Nevada opens Stein forensic unit in Las Vegas to treat jailed defendants found incompetent
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, by Yesenia Amaro
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Federal judge orders Nevada to treat jailed incompetent defendants within seven days
Source: KSL.com (Associated Press), by Associated Press
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Las Vegas Justice Court says it lacks authority to dismiss cases of mentally ill detainees waiting for treatment
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, by Yesenia Amaro
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Clark County public defenders seek dismissals as mentally ill inmates wait 90 to 150 days for treatment
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, by Yesenia Amaro